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Microsoft announced their next developer conference, called Build will take place in San Francisco June 26-28 and at the same time VP of Corporate Communications Frank Shaw took to the blogs to officially acknowledge Microsoft Blue, an internal name for updates to software most prominently Windows 8, but also Phones and Servers too. Shaw said the chances of the shipping versions of these updates have almost no chance of being called Blue. Then wisely immediately told people not to respond with "so you're saying there's a chance." Thank you Frank Shaw. Thank you.

A spam-fighting group called Spamhaus, and a Dutch web host Cyberbunker, accused of sending spam has turned into into one of the largest computer attacks on the Internet. The dispute started when Spamhaus added Cyberbunker to its blacklist, which is used by e-mail providers to weed out spam. Cyberbunker fought back, causing widespread congestion and jamming crucial infrastructure around the world. Millions of ordinary Internet users have experienced delays in services like Netflix or could not reach a particular Web site for a short time. A spokesman for Spamhaus said the attacks began on March 19, but had not stopped the group from distributing its blacklist.

Flipboard introduced version 2.0 for iOS today. There are some slight design modifications, but the biggest new feature is user-generated magazines. When you're flipping through your feeds, you'll now have the option to clip a story and roll it into your own shareable magazine. Right now, Flipboard 2.0 is for iOS only. Android users can subscribe to those new magazines, but can't make them yet.

Amazon's X-ray feature is expanding to TV shows. X-ray delivers more information about the book you're reading in Kindle or the movie you're watching from Amazon Instant. Now while you watch TV shows on your Kindle Fire, the Web or even the Nintendo Wii, you'll be able to leaner more about the characters and actors you're watching. No word if this feature will work on Android or iOS.

Game developers on Facebook's platform generated $2.8 billion last year, Facebook executives are gloating. "Anywhere in the games business we are investing heavily," Facebook's Sean Ryan said at the Game Developers Conference currently goig on in San Francisco. Candy Crush is Facebook's current No.1 game, but More than 250 million people are playing games on Facebook each month, and As of February, 55 percent of the top 400 iOS apps are integrated with Facebook.

There's a new feature coming to Google Chrome and it's a spell checking tool! When you right click on a word, you'll see a new option called "Ask Google for Suggestions." From there, Google will check your spelling, grammar and more. Chrome will even build a custom dictionary that will be available on your different devices when you use Chrome. The new spell check is coming to Windows, Chrome OS, and Linux with Mac support to come later. If you're worried about Google reading everything you're typing, the feature is optional.

Ouya, the Android-based game console should start shipping soon to its Kickstarter backers, and in anticipation, the company has teamed up with Makerbot. If you have access to a 3D printer you can customize your Ouya case, you can get a 3D printing development kit optimized for the second generation Makerbot Replicator, that let's you create custom designs and patterns. The plans are available at Thingiverse.com.

Research firm emarketer has revised its 2014 revenue predictions for Twitter, in the right direction! the firm predicts $528 million this year and $950 million in 2014 with 53 percent of that money coming from mobile ads. emarketer had earlier put the 2014 number at $800 million. The upwards revision at least partly reflects Twitter’s ability to solve the mobile marketing puzzle.

What happens when you lose a major battle? You regroup and amass firepower. That's Sasmung's strategy. Samsung may have lost it's biggest patent fight with Apple last year but they won the 2012 patent arms race, receiving the most mobile patents in 2012 and pushing them to the top of the list for most mobile patents worldwide, nudging out Nokia. Analyst Chetan Sharma's patent report also found that by the end of this year mobile patents will account for 25% of all patents granted.

A firmware upgrade to the Boxee TV brings along DLNA support, a modified TV guide, 3D streaming of Vudu titles, and a bunch of bug fixes. The update will be available within the next three days. The Boxee TV's big hook is its CloudDVR service, but with the firmware upgrade, it ought to be much easier to stream content from around your home network and even stream content from your phone to your TV.

-Spamhaus creates block lists of spammers-Cyberbunker (in a former NATO bunker) hosts any Web site “except child porn and anything related to terrorism,”- Spamhaus added Cyberbunker to block list- DDoS Attacks on Spamhaus began March 19 grown to 300 Gbps, largest ever. Targeted DNS- Cloudflare tried to defend and then became a target- Sven Olaf Kamphuis (activist, spokesman) accused Spamhaus of "abusing their influence" and should not be allowed to decide "what goes and does not go on the internet".- Spamhaus has alleged that Cyberbunker, in cooperation with "criminal gangs" from Eastern Europe and Russia,- Steve Linford, chief executive for Spamhaus, told BBC t Google is lending resources to help absorb traffic.- "We can't be brought down. "Spamhaus has more than 80 servers around the world. We've built the biggest DNS server around." (weskit, mail and some public lists were brought down Q: Everybody likes spam blocking, everybody likes a good safe harbor, which should win?

- Flipboard 2.0 is out for iOS- Flipboard would aggregate your Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds and present it in a magazine-like layout- 2.0 brings the ability for the user to create custom magazines from the things they are reading- You'll see a "+" button next to Flipboard items. When you click that, you'll be able to add that story with a comment to your new magazine- Those custom magazines are shareable and other Flipboard users can subscribe to your magazines- You can make magazines private as well

Q: Custom magazines - natural extension for Flipboard? Does Flipboard need a web component for this to be widely adopted?

- around 25M Americans used TurboTax in 2012. Govt Accountability Office analysis said the software accounted for more than half of individual returns filed electronically. TurboTax made up 35% of Intuit's $4.2 billion in total revenues last year. Versions of TurboTax for individuals and small businesses range in price from free to $150.- The government-prepared return (sweden, spain, denmark all use it) would estimate your taxes using info your employer and bank already sent it. Advocates say tens of millions of taxpayers could save $2B and 225M hours in prep costs and time- not a new concept, endorsed by Prez Reagan, Prez Obama during campaign. - Taxpayers would have three options when they receive a pre-filled return: accept it as is; make adjustments, say to filing status or income; or reject it and file a return by other means.

- Intuit spent $11.5M on federal lobbying in past 5 years, part of that "opposes IRS government tax preparation." in 2011 lobbied on two bills, both of which died, that would have allowed many taxpayers to file pre-filled returns for free. - Intuit also lobbied on bills in 2007 & 2011 to bar Treasury Department, which includes the IRS, from initiating return-free filing.- Intuit says that if IRS acts as a tax preparer, taxpayers might pay more money. It is also a - Intuit also a member of the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which sponsors a "STOP IRS TAKEOVER" campaign calling return-free filing a "massive expansion of the U.S. government through a big government program."- Grover Norquist, founder/prez of "americans for tax reform" says: "The clear goal of this measure is to raise taxes in a way that leaves politicians with clean hands,"

Monday TechDirt reported new Draft Resolution amending Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - Nobody can explain why...- Different than ""Aaron's Law, floated by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose). That very simply amends to eliminate prosecution for authorized access and in cases of EULA violation or personal ID protection.- THIS Draft resolution being considered by House Judiciary committee- Increases prison term from 5 to 10 years for unauthorized access and damage- Would make “trafficking in passwords” punishable by up to 10 years in prison- Failed attempts punishable as harshly as successful ones""Whoever conspires to commit or attempts to commit an offense under subsection (a) of this section shall be punished as provided for the completed offense in subsection (c) of this section.""- More than one attempt tied into Racketterring charges- Tampering with 'critical infrastructure' (power grid, transit, stock market) punishable by up to 30 yearsQ: Who benefits from this?

- "Check out these kitties! :-)" is an email with photo of a Turkish Angora cat with a purple mohawk named Dr. Zaius, sent to nearly 2M ppl, includes an attachment or link promising more cat photos. but it's a setup: tech depts are sending it out to teach employees a lesson- Dr. Zaius email is a simulated cyberattack created by PhishMe Inc. out of the Chantilly, Va..to find out who's succeptible to social engineering. most big network breaches start this way. another co, Digital Defense Inc. of San Antonio says it isn't to get anybody fired or in trouble, but rather to help everyone learn the techniques malicious hackers also use. - another phishme scam: First, an employee gets an email purportedly from a senior manager, with an attachment on potential bonuses for a number of people. Then comes another email attempting to "recall" the first.

- in 2005, New York state twice sent 10,000 employees and contractors a "phishing," or deceptive, email urging them to divulge passwords on a linked website. The first time, 15% fell for it, but the second time, only 8% did- ANOTHER TACTIC: digital-security company, Trustwave Holdings Inc., drop thumb drives & CDs in the bathrooms, driveways and nearby coffee shops of companies that hire him. attaches the company's logo, a competitor's logo or a label that reads "confidential." almost always an employee will find one of the decoys and stick it in a computer. contain software that takes over computers, hijacking built-in cameras to snap photos of the employees.

- Mary Jo Foley reports that Microsoft is working on "a Blue version of Office" - It's codenamed "Gemini" and it's a wave of Office releases coming over the next two years- Wave one will show up with Windows Blue and there will be updated versions of PowerPoint, Word, Excel and OneNote- Currently, the latest version of Office are desktop-style apps.

Q: Should we expect full Metro-style versions of Office? Does that foreshadow the death of the desktop even more?

- Paul Thurrott on the leaked Windows Blue: "All the action in this build is in PC settings, and if you were looking for any further proof the desktop being eased out going forward, look no further than this."

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